History

One of the oldest trades - so far as it known - is company NEVA, which was founded in 1793, by Mr. Vaclav Nekut - it was Wheel wright's trade and Steam saw mill.

Company was developed of that small trade (perhaps 10 staff) in a factory with 45 employers in 1940. In that time due of the last holder of Nekuts - Mr. Vaclav Nekut - had company greatest expansion. Company NEVA produced sporting needs, sledge, skis, hockey-sticks and further needs for agriculture, trailer for horses and for tractors, wheel-barrows, hand trucks, felloes and covers for foods and for machines, which was exported. Steam saw mill produced assortment of sawn woods for production and building purposes. The factory had one's own power station for own need of electricity.

When was nationalization (in 1957), in factory kept a house South Bohemia woods concern. This concern was produced only assortment of sawn woods and covers for foods.

In 1965 company NEVA get to company KOH-I-NOOR, which began with production of half-finished product of pencils and sawn woods.

In 1991 returned company NEVA to its private owner. In this time the staff of employed were 190. The products have made in NEVA - largely machines - which are exported to 30 countries of the world.


Documents of history

Materials preserved till today bear witness to the prosperity and successful commercial activities :
   
   
Logotype of the company of 1943 Business card
   
   
Product price list
   
   
Company envelope Caption paper of 1943